So, yesterday was the official kick-off of the Keep Portland Weird festival here in Paris, which meant that I had a reading/screening in the...
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If the lowly can see the obvious--that manipulating the product of others' work and creativity is a rake-off, not a contribution--it must be a general truth. From this viewpoint, the book is just a tentative club-member insight that still falls so far short of actual truth that it is important to only the club.
Also, the idea that individuals have a right to set themselves up as indirect owners and sellers of resources--Enron "trading" energy, for instance--has been addressed by more responsible individuals like Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce, among many, and is generally questioned now by everyone but people whose incomes are linked to the idea.
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Unjust Deserts: How the Rich Are Taking Our Common Inheritance by Gar Alperovitz and Lew Daly
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If the lowly can see the obvious--that manipulating the product of others' work and creativity is a rake-off, not a contribution--it must be a general truth. From this viewpoint, the book is just a tentative club-member insight that still falls so far short of actual truth that it is important to only the club.Also, the idea that individuals have a right to set themselves up as indirect owners and sellers of resources--Enron "trading" energy, for instance--has been addressed by more responsible individuals like Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce, among many, and is generally questioned now by everyone but people whose incomes are linked to the idea.
(6 of 7 readers found this comment helpful)